Paradigm Mortgage Services has appointed Richard Howes as its new director of mortgages.
The mortgage club says Howes will take up the role in mid-July, replacing head of Paradigm Mortgage Services John Coffield, who announced last week he will retire at the end of August.
Howes joins from Santander for Intermediaries, where he was national key account manager, having held several other intermediary-facing roles.
Howes first joined Santander in 1995 as an area sales manager in the Life & Pensions department, later moving to become a national key account manager, running teams initially covering mortgages.
He later joined private bank Cater Allen.
However, Howes rejoined the mortgage market when he took up a post at Santander for Intermediaries in 2015, working with the firm’s largest key account partners.
Paradigm Mortgage Services chief executive Bob Hunt says: “It was always our aim to move quickly in terms of announcing a replacement for John and we are very pleased to be able to bring Richard on board in July, who comes with a huge amount of experience in the intermediary market and a drive to work for our member firms and lender and provider partners.
“The fact that both Richard and John will be working together for six weeks prior to John’s retirement is another huge plus point, as it will give us time to fully immerse Richard into his new role and responsibilities and will ensure all our stakeholders benefit from his ability to hit the ground running.”
Paradigm Mortgage Services director of mortgages Richard Howes adds: “Having worked with intermediaries for over 30 years, I feel well-equipped to take up this new position, this time working with the intermediary sector in a different type of distribution model.”
